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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20
TIRED OUT.

Just tired OUT the neighbor said,
Turning from the squalid bed,
Wh5re the weary woman lay,
Painting lies last hours away.
Save that sound OF sobbing breath.
All was still as coming Death;
For the frightened children covered
Where. with heavy brows that lowered,
Meath the long enduring strain,
The mutc husband bore his Dain.
just tired GUITAR down below
Waves were iretting on the flow:
And the full rccurrent roar
Echoed upward from the shore;
Fainter grew the pulses beat
As the worn hands plucked the sheet.
And the death damps gathered, where
Ruffied all the tangled hair.
Said the watcher at her side,
"She is waiting for the tide
When the waves had ebbcd anew,
Tho tired life was over too;
Conc from want, and care and i'll,
Very peacefully and still,
After all.she bore and wcpt,
Hard-worked wife and mother slept;
Very fair she looked, and meek,
Long dark lashes swept her cheek,
Worn hands crossed upon her breast,
For the weary was at rest"
All the Year Round.
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Knew the Signs.

A traveller once put up for the night
with simple-minded old couple, in a
lonely farmhouse. AS he rode up to
the door he heard the old lady say, in
a tone of deep conviction: "There! !
knowed somebody ID come before
night, for I dropped my fork on the
floor this morning and it stuck straight
up. Then dropped the dish-cloth
at noon-another sure sign OF com.
pany."
In entering the house the visitor
carelessly struck his foot against the
step and came near falling.
"Ah!' said the old lady, quickly,
(which toe did you stub, the right or
the left?"
THE right" was the reply.
s'That's good; it's sure sign you're
going where you're wanted. Pa, shoe
that rooster off the fence. If he crows
there it will rain before morning."
A little boy suddenly ran into the
room, crying out: 20 grandma, look!
Here's a copper found in the road"
'"Im not a bit surprised. Don't you
remember, Tommy, that you dreamed
OF finding nest OF hens eggs last
night? l told you then that you'd
find some money before a week."
A young woman was washing on a
porch at the back OF the house, and
the old lady suddenly cried out:
'"There, there, Susan, If you haven't
splashed soapsuds all over the front
OF your dress! And if you don't get a
drunken husband for it, Pm wonder
fully mistaken. I've known that sign
to come true often and often. But
you can keep it from coming true by
hanging all the clothes on the line
wrong side out, and you'd better do
it,"
So Susan did, as the traveller no.
ticed to his great amusement.-
Youths Companion.
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pebbles, and the roar of the ocean
was their perpetual music. I found
aunt Lucy grown older, and seeming
much fcebler than when she told me
her story in the low chamber on Ant
Ter street. But she frightened up
wonderfully on seeing her visitors,
and walked with us along the shore
and clear out to "Spouting Horn"
where she looked into the chasm and
told stories OF the height to which the
water would squirt into the air during
a troubled sea at high tide.
l grew quite nervous oyer the
stories and the appearance of the
rocky gorge, and needed to sit awhile
on the sands and look over the limit
less and peaceful blue to restore my
usual equanimity. Aunt Lucy sat
down with me, while Arthur and Re-
gina, not yet over their lovers ways
walked hither and thither, hand in
hand. as happy as two children.
While we looked out upon the sea,
aunt Lucy said, gently, II am going
to see my captain soon."
'Do you feel more unwell than
usual?" l asked.
"Not really sick, but weak and
tired. / have not walked to Spout.
ing Horn before this summer. And
it is time for me to go. l am more
than eighty now"
"You will not be sorry, will you,
aunt Lucy, when your captain
calls?"
"sorry! shall be glad! gladder than
have been since he went away. I
am fairly impatient to go. 1t seems
to me the bridegroom is waiting for
me, and l know how sad it is to wait.
/ want to save him that pain"
That was all. A little signal hung
from the cottage window in token OF
the dinner hour. and we hurried up
the sands. At sunset we drove home,
all of us impressed that we had talked
with aunt Lucy for the last time this
side OF the dividing flood.
A week later the bell on the church
OF the Holy Cross tolled. We listened
to its vibrant notes, which, on the
summer air, hardly seemed a knell.
Then came the sexton along the hedge
row, and, scarcely pausing, he spoke
through the open window. There
were tears in his voice, and we only
heard "aunt Lucy"
The smile and dimples which habit
had fixed upon her lace, remained
to greet all who looked
upon her in death. AS she lay
in peace before the altar, while the
minister spoke her praises, which were
in every heart. it seemed to me that
she had enjoyed her we'd Jock in high
er and sweeter way then many real
marriages are enjoyed.
1t has been tender dream, era.
cious memory, and for many years
since she had learned to look for
ward and not backward beckoning
hope; while through all the slow pass.
ages she had been, in deed and in
truth, the bride OF the church, guarded
down to gentle rest by it's blessed arms,
and in assuring hope of it's divine
promises.
While the minister spoke OF her
awaiting welcome from the great cap
tain Of our salvation, almost wish
he had known her secret, for the heav.
emily thrill it would have given his own
heart, and the opportunity it would
have afforded to say that word so
consoling when LIES chain is broken
reunion. But no lack was felt in
aunt Lucy's full world of bliss, that
nobody on earth knew, except the Wis.
itor at the home of the minister. that
she had lived her romance
Leader.
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They Had Cot Used to Babies,

from the CnlcasO 1rlDune.
Say" said woman, wearing a
faded yellow dress, as she came out OF
a western Dakota house which stood
near the road, as we drove up, "you
didn't see no young 'uns down the
road, 1 reckor?"
NO"
"Couple o'mine missin' again, /
guess" and she surveyed a good-sized
flock who were playing around the
house. "Or, hold on. 1guess there
amt either" She began singing them
out with her finger, saying: zone, two,
three-stand still, you brats, till
count you!-four, fve-come back
here, Ophelia, till yer counted-six,
seven. eight, an two at school makes
ten, an the baby is 'leven, an two
QUIT the field is thirteen. All right,
stranger, they're all here; l lowed
two or three o. 'em had lit out, but the
census is correct!"
"You have a large family madam"
"Lawks, family till you can't rest!
An say, do you know what's a fact,
gen'pme when the fust one, Sheridan
he's out'n the field shuckin' corn now
when he was a baby what d. we think
me an the old man used to do to
him?"
"Give it up"
"Used to wake him up to see him
laugh! Yes, sir; regular thing every
time he went to sleep! Sometimes one
big fool of us an sometimes the other
would sneak up an chuck him under
the chin an say: Wake up, 90 tootsy
wootsy, an laugh 90 cunnin' little
laugh Tor 90 papa!' Didn't never wake
up any OF the other twelve? Well, not
hardly, stranger-we know a powerful
sight morn wedid. Here, Washington,
quit hurtin' yer little sister or Iii
give you g. switchin' you'll remember
till yer hundred years DID,"
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Flimsy Underwear.
New York Mail and Express.
NRo6 col12D

bad cold?"
II should say l had, DOCTOR" re-
sponded the reporter as he smothercd
a cough.
"What kind OF underclothing do
you wear?"
The same kind / wore all summer"
"Linen or cotton!"
II really can't say. Cotton I be-
lieve."
"Did you suffer much from the heat
during the summer"
"suffer! l should say l did. near.
ly melted"
"And you are a trifle chilly now
that the cold wave has Gomez"
II am, indeed; but what has my un-
derwear to do with that? l have al.
ways worn the same kind in the sum.
mer"
$50 does almost every one. The
use of linen and cotton for the under
wear is one OF the commonest of all
errors in this country. Now in Ger
many we have a movement which is
called the German School of Clothing
Reform. 1t aims to replace cotton
and linen with wooden goods. There
are many reasons why this should BE-
done. Wool exercises a stimulating
effect upon the skin, unlike linen and
cotton, and consequently produces the
proper action OF the pores, glands
and superficial tissues. 1t is non.
conductor of heat and preserves the
normal temperature OF the body. It
allows a freer escape OF the perspira
ton, and thus lowers, by evapora.
ton, any abnormal temperature OF
the body, and facilitate the loss OF
excessive heat. Also, through it's non
conductivity of heat, it preserves the
normal measure OF warmth. Hence
it is a better protect ion against the
extremes OF either heat or cold than
linen or cotton"
"Well, those cert ainly do seem to
be reasons enough"
Indeed they are, but they are not all.
Wool is electrical, while linen and cot
ton are not. Wool can excite electric
ity, but does not conduct it. There,
fore a body clothed in wool loses less
of it's animal electricity is excited on
the surface. The intimate relation.
ship between galvanic, nervous and
vital forces render this popularity OF
the greatest Importance to the wear
er."
"Why doesn't every one wear wool
them"
Because" answered the physician,
''the old idea of having something
flimsy and gauzy next to the flesh is
too firmly instilied in the minds OF the
manufacturers of underwear for them
to experiment with wooden materials.
l have cured a large number OF sick
men OF seemingly incurable disorders
by simply resembling q changein their
underwear. While it is not an infal-
lible cure-all," added the physician in
conclusion, lit certainly is OF much
benefit, and its general adoption
would result in great permanent good. y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

The symptoms of drunkenness, belt
observed, are all paralytic, and are
all due to loss Of nervous power and
of voluntary control. The flushing Of
the face shows the paralysis of the
small blood vessels; soon the slip
shod utterances show the want of vol.
untary control over some of the mus.
Giles of articulation; tho double vision
indicates the loss of accommodating
power in the eyes; and the staggering
gait shows that the loss of control
has extended to the large muscles;
lastly, the drunkard falls PROSTATE in
a condition so closely resembling apo.
plexy that the most experienced oc-
casionally fail rightly to distinguish one
from the other.
The temperance women of England
have been getting up jubilee memo.
rial to the queen in the shape OF a
petition that the bar-room be closed
on Sunday. 1t now weighs several
hundred pounds, and contains three.
quarters of a million signatures.
A Nantucket steamboat captain
was one asked by a passenger on his
boat how much ardent spirits he
used.
He replied, I never drank a tea
spoonful of rum. brandy, gin, cider,
wine, or beer; never smoked or snuff
cd, and never drank tea or Coffee"
"But," said the passenger, "what
did you drink with your breakfast"
cold water" was the answer.
"And what with your dinner?"
Gold water"
"Well," said the passenger, "but
what do you take when you are
sick?"
II never was sick in my life," was
the ready reply.
The high liquor license law is dimin-
lsh;ng the number of drinking saloons
in Philadelphia. In every part OF the
city places used for years as bar-rooms
have been vacated, and now bear on
the closed doors placards ITO Let"
A number of the places closed were
pretentions establishments, fitted up
IN good style, apparently doing a
thriving business. With them, as with
numberless glittering affairs OF this
world, where appearances 60 for so
much, things were not what they seem.
ed. Five hundred dollars for one
years license to sell liquor was too
heavy an inroad on the annual profits
to Warrent continuation of the bust.
ness. Hence the end came.
At the general assembly of the
knights of labor at Minneapolis re.
Gently General Master Workman Pow.
derby, in referring to the principles OF
the order, said: II am called a crank
on thetemperance question. 1may be a
crank on this question, but am not
ashamed to say that / would rather
see a man sober than drunkard; it
is better to educate our children to be
temperate, not to be drunkards.
There is not a man living that will
say it is right to bring into the home
that which damns the head of the fam.
lily. There are those who have threat
ened to leave the order because of my
position on this question. l say to
all who would withdraw for that
cause, say go; I'll trust the fate of
this nation with sober men. I'll new
eg take back one word l have said on
the temperance question. The time
will come when the workers of all
kinds will be banded together for
this common purpose"
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Death i'm Chewing Gum,
An Apothecary in San Francisco Examin

Ihave been tempted time and again
to write to the Examiner an appeal
for it's vast Influence to stop great
evil and warn the people of this city
against allowing their children to in.
dulge in the practice of swapping
chewing gum. Diphtheria is on the in:
crease, especially among children, and
any physician will affirm what l say
that there is no surer way of propa.
eating the disease than the habit SO
common among children that l speak
OF. Parents should teach their chill.
dren. and the Board of Education
should instruct the teachers in the
public schools to admonish the chill.
drep daily upon the evil effects of it.
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The Art of Dressing Well.

Ready made clothing has been brought to
high point OF perfection within the past few
years and a man is hard to please who en-
tiers some OF our better clothing houses
and fails to receive a satisfactory garment
and fit. The Plymouth Clothing House of
Minneapolis has recently issued hand
some catalogue. thirty pages OF colored en-
cravings, showing fall and winter styles in
every thing pertaining to a gentleman's
wardrobe which they send with good lin.
en- tape measure and their directions for
self measurement to any person sending his
address and mentioning this paper. They
guarantee satisfaction and their guarantee
means just What it says, and their prices
are low as for several years past they
have curtailed their advertising expense
and given their customers the benefit, feel.
ing that fine goods at reasonable prices
would advertise themselves. Send for this
catalogue and then satisfy yourself that
they deserve trial.
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.REEE!!,, .: : ::, s:: :;
In heard 0f
SURELY,

The Boston 0ne-Price Cloth
ing House, st. Paul. Per-
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its customers If not,
just ask any one who ever
trades at The Boston, st.
Paul, and see If they don't
say it is a square and hon.
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honest goods at honest
prices. If you will send us
your name and address we
will send you FREE our new
illustrated catalogue price
list and rules for self-meas-
urement. By means of this
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goods with the privilege of ex-
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tory, they can be returned at
our expense. Send your address
to US and we will forward the
price list, etc., Immediately.
4ddlpsS
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lenka' Dream.

jerks had q queer dream the other night.
He thought he saw prize fighters ring,
and in the middle OF it stood doughty
little champion who met and deliberately
knocked over, one by one, Il score or more
OF big, burly- looking fellows, as they ad.
vanced to the attack. Giants as they
were in size, the valiant pig,ny proved
more than a match for them. It was all
90 funny that jerks woke up laughing.
He accounts for the dream by tho fact
that he had just como to the conclusion,
after trying nearly every big, drastic pill
on the market, that Pierce's tiny Purga-
tive Pellets easily knock OUT and beat
all the rest hollow!
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a 8loodV Affrav

b often the result OF bad blood" in a
family or community. but nowhere is bad
blood more destructive Of happiness and
health than in the human system. When
purities. and is slowly distributing its poi.
sons to every part OF the body, the peril
to health, and life even, is imminent.
Early symptoms ore dull and drowsy feel
ings, severe headaches, coated tongue,
poor appetite, indigestion and general las.
situde. Delay in treatment may en- tail the
most serious consequences. Don't let dis.
ease get q strong hold on your constitu.
ton, but treat yourself by using Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and be
restored to the blessings OF health. All
druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

The yacht Nettie bound for Port Arthur
was swamped in the heavy gale which pre-
vailed on Lake Superior recently. There
were ak men on board, all of whom are
regarded az lost. They were: Mr.. Murray
OF London, England. young man who
was out visiting the country; McLannon
OF Port Arthur, who had charge of the
boat; Mr.. Fox and son of Fort William,
and two Iceland aailora
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20
A Woman's Sweet Will.

She is prematurely deprived OF her
charms of face and form, and made unat-
tractive by the wasting effects OF ailments
aud irregularities peculiar to her SEX To
check this drain upon, not only her strength
and health, but upon her aimable qualities
rs well, is her first duty. This is safely
and speedily accomplished by course OF
self-treatment with DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, a nervine and tonic OF won
derful efficacy, and prepared especially for
the alienation OF those suffering from
'dragging.down'' pains, sensations OF nau.
sea, and weakness incident to women-a
boon to her sex. Druggists.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover
is the most reliable article in use for resto
ing gray hair to it's original color and pro.
noting the growth of the hair.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

letter from Stewart, u station on the
north shore OF Lake Superior, contains in.
formation OF the finding OF two dead bodies
OF persons murdered by Indians. They
were lying on the Shore mile and a half
apart. and had evidently been stoned to
death.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

The PERCENTAGE of funds which United
States depository banks may be allowed
to hold upon bond securities has been in.
creased, in order to allow the banks to
make profitable use OF the funds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

No Cur RATES ABOUT THls.-Only to an
swer the constant call for good and low
priced cough and Group remedy do we now
introduce our Aliens Lung Balsam in three
sizes, 25c., Soc, and $1.00 bottle at all
drupgista
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

Miss Fannie Hayes, daughter ofex-Presi-
dent r. 3. Hayes, has sailed for the Ber-
mudas, on visit to the plantation OF her
uncle, Gen. Hastings.
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FREE!-To MERCHANTS ONLY: A triple
plated Silver Set g knives, 6 forks. 6 tea
spoons, sugar spoon, 1 butter kniie), in
satin.lined case. Address at once, r. w.
TANs1LL &; Co., IS State Street, Chicago.
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The Chronicles correspondent at Berlin
says he has learned from an unimpeacha-
bic authority that the condition OF the
German crown prince is precarious. and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

The king and queen OF Servia have decid-
ed to maintain the existing separation
for the present,
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The death is announced OF Mrs. Craik
(Dianah Maria Mulock), the authoress.
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Offer No, l72.

The London Standards correspondent
at Paris announces the arrest OF Boulanger
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

Twenty-Five hundred to 5000 miners
are are, out on strike in soYthern Indiana
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

Mild, soothing and healing is DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-10-20

If O cough disturbs your sleep take Piso's
Cure for Consumption and rest we'll.
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u WISH I could find something that
would cure gals and prevent the hair coming
In white" is an expression frequently heard
Veterinary CarbOlisalve will always do it.
Sold by Druggists at 50 cents and Sl.OO
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Five thousand people witnessed the sham
battle at the Waseca county Mimi, fair.
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Railway officials assert that the news.
papers need not pry into the Kouts wreck.
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ing me about lover OF mine who was
long way off, and whom she sus-
pected OF GOODNESS? I could not let
her know the tender bond holding me
to aunt Lucy.
In my determination to hide my
hearts unrest, watched the postof-
flee, and when she questioned me
about letters from him, avoided a
direct answer. Regina, in her young
content-well, she wanted a great boon
to come to all whom she loved. But
that could hardly be possible. 'Sir
Arthur" as We liked to call him, was
a princely man, and Regina had
drawn a prize in life's lottery.
The winter days were at length
counted out amid much going and
coming and real earnest work in the
home and church. A successful fair
had marked the young minister's first
winter, and we had made g. multitude
OF acquaintance at the fair. When
spring began to show its green 1 went
back to my school teaching among
the hills, and to the home that was
glad of my coming. Several years
went by before l again saw Regina.
Indeed l did not expect to visit her
again, SO far away, but she expected it
and said so. The second baby was q
girl and named for me. 1t was to be
christened in June, and beseeching let.
ters began to pour in upon me again.
must come to the christening, come
and pass the summer; I had kept
school long enough to deserve rest;
and summer was the time to see Penn
hollow in all it's glory. As father and
mother had grandchildren growing
up around them now, it was easier to
say yes, and I went.
After the christening, there were
plans which seemed to have been
made especially for me; drives to the
shore, and sails down the harbor, and
visit to aunt Lucy, whom fsadly
missed in the minister's pew. She
was spending the summer at her
nephew's. close by the sea. Indeed,
his farm took in the beach sands and
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The Best 6eld open to young people. especially
educated young ladies. Send for circular,
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